In other words, this is around 183 times the earnings of the
average full-time UK worker. This is up from 160 times in 2010.
The High Pay Centre said that the report "will create pressure
for further action to reduce gap between the super rich and low
and middle-income earners." It also pointed out that shareholders
have the ability to vote against CEO pay packets, but
only 6.4%
of votes went objected to their proposed salaries at Annual
General Meetings.

"Pay packages of this size go far beyond what is sensible or
necessary to reward and inspire top executives," said High Pay
Centre Director Deborah Hargreaves in a statement."It’s more
likely that corporate governance structures in the UK are riddled
with glaring weaknesses and conflicts of interest."

"The Coalition Government introduced some welcome reforms in 2013
that have at least enabled us to get a better understanding of
the executive pay racket. However it’s clear that these reforms
didn’t do nearly enough to start building a pay culture where
everybody is rewarded fairly and proportionally for the work that
they do."

According to the Office for National Statistics, Britons' average
total pay is now around £488 ($764) a week as of June
2015.

Comparing April to June 2015 with a year earlier, wages in
Britain increased by 2.4% including bonuses, and by 2.8%
excluding bonuses. That's over a period in which there was zero
consumer price inflation — so wages are rising while the prices
of ordinary goods people buy aren't.

Looking at longer term movements since comparable records began
in 2000, average total pay for employees in Great Britain in
nominal terms (that is, not adjusted for consumer price
inflation) increased from £311 a week in January 2000 to £488 a
week in June 2015; an increase of 56.6%.